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Sun May 16th 2004
| Regular Wantage Ride - Just short of a Bash. |
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Leader:Kevin Fairs |
Start Time:9:00 am |
Start Location:WMP |
Description:Approx 90km on-road, this will generally follow the route of the Barbury Bash Audax. Lunch will be a picnic at Barbury Castle, there will be opportunity to purchase lunch from a service station on the way and there is a cafe (outdoor only) at Barbury Castle which now appears to be re-vamped (see http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/wiltshire/tourism/news/TOURISM_NEWS1.html). There may be a beer stop on the way back. N.B. EARLIER START TIMES DURING SUMMER. |
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Riders:Alice RobsonAmanda Seddon Barry Eastwood Chris Mallinson Des Higgs Diane Stuckey Eve Thornton Ginny Henderson Jon Seddon Kevin Fairs Mavis Rose Neil Warner Richard Divall Steve Swanton Sue King Riders = 15 Report:An un-hurried ride to Barbury Castle in glorious sunshine, where we departed from the normal format and had a picnic or visited the Castle Cafe. After climbing Snap we then enjoyed a beer on the green at Aldbourne before climbing Marriage (what is the fuss with this hill??) and decending to Lambourn for tea at Mavis's. Skinnydipping was optional. 86Km | ||
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